Basic Obsidian Setup

Note: This guide is to get you set up quickly, but may be missing some tools and tricks.

Quick tips!!

  • Command E toggles Read vs. Edit mode.

Get you Some Community Plugins!

-In the bottom left of Obsidian, click the Settings βš™
-Go to Community Plugins
-Turn them on
-Browse Plugins
-Install AND Enable the following

Community Plugins Needed:

-DB folder (allows you to manage notes in a folder as a spreadsheet
-Dataview (used for "Our Eberron" Table of Contents)
-Dice roller

Use Style Settings to Format Theme Like Wotc (Desktop

-Install ITS Theme
-First, go to Settings βš™, then Appearance
-Browse Community Themes
-Install ITS Theme.
-Go To Style Settings Plugin (at the bottom of Settings βš™)
-Unfold ITS Settings Dropdown
-Alternate Color Schemes>TTRPG>DND-WOTC
-Install and enable Draconis and Bookerly fonts to your desktop
https://www.dafont.com/draconis.font
https://www.cdnfonts.com/bookerly.font

Optional Things

Nice to have but not necessary plugins

-Initiative Tracker (Encounter Builder and Init Tracker built from the bestiary)
-Style Settings (for a sweet DND Theming)
-Recent Files
-Show Current File Path
-Quick Share (Quickly send a note as a url!)
-Tag Wrangler (Expands the Tags Core Plugin to do things like allowing you to rename tags in all your notes in one go)
-Obsidian Leaflet (make interactive maps)
-Icon Folder (For adding icons to your filetree, you have to do this manually, but it helps find important notes)
-Convert url to preview
-Digital Garden (Publish to web for free. WARNING requires significant setup)
-Folder Note (Makes a landing page Note for the folder)
-Note Refactor (Split a Note into multiple notes by H1,H2, H3 Etc. )

If you want DND Fonts on Mobile

-Do the above
-To install fonts, you will need to download the iFont app from the App Store, then download the fonts as above, then install.
-https://www.flexcil.com/tips/download-free-fonts-on-ipad/

Canvas Plugin Setup

Increases the draw distance at the cost of some performance, but probs worth it.

  • Go to "Core Plugins"
  • Click on Canvas
  • Pull the slider up for draw distance

Setup Icon Folder

-Go to Icon Folder Plugin Page
-Browse Icon Packs
-Add them all
-Right click and "Change Icon" in your filtree